What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Assistant position at Robert Half?
Legal Assistants directly support lawyers and occasionally oversee other legal staff, such as file clerks or legal secretaries.Legal Assistants should have strong analytical, communication and organizational skills, as well as computer and technical knowledge.Three to five years of legal experience in a law firm or other corporate legal department may be preferred.
Your responsibilities
- Arrange documents and organize data as directed by lawyers and paralegals
- Scout and retrieve electronic documents from a variety of court and agency web sites
- Photocopy/scan documents
- Author communications and memorandum
- Check originals and confirm copies are error-proof
- Be in charge of computer database input and retrieval
- Oversee matter management and record keeping
- Faxing, filing, and word processing
- Complete legal research and investigative tasks, including obtaining information or documents from outside parties, as directed
- Electronically categorize files
Requirements
- Investigating the factual evidence of a transaction or case and preparing exhibits, charts and diagrams to display information
- Conducting routine discovery
- Solid understanding of Legal Assistant
- Experience assisting lawyers in preparing for transactional closings, depositions, hearings, trials and conferences; completing many administrative tasks, including, working on individual cases or transactions
- Organizing and tracking files for important transactions or case documents, including pleadings and voluminous discovery documents; creating and maintaining a case-management database
- Drafting legal court documents, such as pleadings, motions, affidavits and subpoenas; transactional documents, such as trusts, wills, contracts and real estate leases; and closing documents
- 3 years of previous legal work experience and a dedication to integrity
You can take the next step in your legal career as part of this dynamic, growing firm. This position will be a great fit for someone who is eager to work in a strong team-oriented environment.
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Your responsibilities
- Arrange documents and organize data as directed by lawyers and paralegals
- Scout and retrieve electronic documents from a variety of court and agency web sites
- Photocopy/scan documents
- Author communications and memorandum
- Check originals and confirm copies are error-proof
- Be in charge of computer database input and retrieval
- Oversee matter management and record keeping
- Faxing, filing, and word processing
- Complete legal research and investigative tasks, including obtaining information or documents from outside parties, as directed
- Electronically categorize files
Requirements
- Investigating the factual evidence of a transaction or case and preparing exhibits, charts and diagrams to display information
- Conducting routine discovery
- Solid understanding of Legal Assistant
- Experience assisting lawyers in preparing for transactional closings, depositions, hearings, trials and conferences; completing many administrative tasks, including, working on individual cases or transactions
- Organizing and tracking files for important transactions or case documents, including pleadings and voluminous discovery documents; creating and maintaining a case-management database
- Drafting legal court documents, such as pleadings, motions, affidavits and subpoenas; transactional documents, such as trusts, wills, contracts and real estate leases; and closing documents
- 3 years of previous legal work experience and a dedication to integrity
You can take the next step in your legal career as part of this dynamic, growing firm. This position will be a great fit for someone who is eager to work in a strong team-oriented environment.
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Salary : $23 - $26
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